Fly-fan



(No Model.)

T. A. MARTIN.

.FLY FAN.

Patented Dec. 2 '7; 1 8 81.

ATTORNYS WITNESSES %/I 4 w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- THOMAS A.MARTIN, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

FLY-FAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,612, dated December27, 1881,

Application filed November 5, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS A. MARTIN, a

ville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Fly-Fans; and Ido hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being hadto theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a plan view'of myinvention, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same. a

This invention has relation to fly-fans; and it consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts, as will be fully described, andhereinafter pointed out in the claim.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the framewhich supports the fan and the mechanism for operating it, and which hasits legs B made adjustable, in order that it may be raised or lowered tosuit beds of different heights.

0 isa rock-shaft journalediu the end pieces of the frame A, and providedwith the fan D and a counter-balance, E, as shown.

A system of gearing or clock-work is provided, consisting of agear-wheel, F, carrying a spool, a, and a pawl and ratchet, b," saidgear engaging a pinion, H, on a gear, G, which latter meshes with apinion, J, on a gear, I, said gear I carrying the escape-wheel K.

L designates the pendulum, and M the cord to which the weight N isattached.

(No model.)

0 is a pinion, o n the shaft P of which an eccentric cam, Q, is secured,and connected by a pitman, R, to an arm, S, upon the rockshaft 0. Thecord M is wound upon the spool in the usual manner, the gravity'of theweightcansing the pendulum to be articulated and the fan to be operated.

This fan is especially intended to be placed over beds to brush flies,mosquitoes, and the like from the occupants, and at the same time togently fan them. The adjustable frame is to adapt the fan to beds ofdifferent heights.

A fan-shaft carrying the fan and a counterbalance supported by anadjustable frame and operated by clock mechanism is not now, an is notbroadlyclaiuied herein.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secureby Letters Patent, is

In a fiy-fan, the rectangular frame A, composed of the side and endrails, the latter being providedwith the bearings for the rock-shaft G,carrying the fan D and counter-balance E, supported on the fourvertically -ad iustal )le corner-posts B, in combination with thegearing, pitman, pendulum, cord, and weight herein described, for thepurposes specified.

' In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS A. MARTINf

